WHAT: St. Francis Day Screening and Panel DiscussionWHEN: Thurs, October 4th, 6:00pmWHERE: Cathedral Hall, 30 Fenner St. Providence, RIINFO: Hosted by the Office of Life & Family and Office of Immigration and Refugee Services.

*Screening followed by discussion with Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, O.P., Professor, Ph.D. Biology and Bill Patenaude, M.A., Catholic Writer and Environmental Regulator, and Toua Kue, Hmong Refugee. Any questions about the event can directed to Kim Caron at 401-421-7833 x 219.

Until the end of July, if you have Comcast Cable (a nationwide network), you can watch the film on Comcast On Demand in the comforts of your living room for the bargain price of $1.99!

Here’s how to find a A VILLAGE CALLED VERSAILLES on your TV:

1. Go to your digital cable menu, click on the “On Demand” button, and then look under the “Movies” folder.
2. Next, there will be a “Movie Collections” folder and inside of this viewers will find “Cinema Asian America.”
3. Click on “Make Do Say Think” folder and you will find Village/Versailles.
4. Click play and enjoy!

If you can’t find the film that way, you can always search for A VILLAGE CALLED VERSAILLES, by typing in the title of the film using your remote control. Or, to add us to your Comcast On Demand cue from your computer, click here to do so.

Screening followed by panel discussion about how the residents of the region responded to the disaster, but also the ways communities began to rebuild. Panel participants include: S. Leo Chiang; Rebecca Troy-Horton, head of the Government Information Department at the McNeese State University Library in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and Frederick Weil, Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.

Screening followed by a panel discussion comprised of local librarians and community organizers who are featured in the film. The panel discussion will focus on how library resources have helped the community after a crisis and the challenges for a community with the destruction of their local library.

This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be available. Co-sponsored by the Hmong Diaspora Studies Program, Multicultural Student Coalition, Diversity and Climate, and the Organization of Chinese Americans-WI Chapter. For more information, please contact Dr. Chia Youyee Vang at vangcy@uwm.edu or Phylicia Rios Rivera at pnr@uwm.edu.